While the pair shared a kiss on the cheek and said they loved each other, Jamie is good friends with fellow footballer Tom, and on Tuesday’s Loose Women, the panel debated whether it was all just a bit of harmless fun or “unforgivable”.

Birds of a Feather actress Linda didn’t hold back on her view, saying: “I think it’s unforgivable, I mean her husband is sitting at home and them two are friends, Jamie and Nicola’s husband, are friends, and they’re watching that.

“My mum always used to say, and I think it’s such a true saying, ‘when the drinks in, the wits out’, and it really, really is.

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Anne Diamond added: “I know nothing happened but it just wasn’t a cool moment and I couldn’t help thinking that if you were sitting at home, you’d feel betrayed and humiliated as it’s happened on national television.”